There will also be several measures in the international financial services area, including supports for international funds, corporate treasury, international insurance, and aircraft leasing.

Centre of excellence for Islamic Finance? New Carbon trading centre? 10,000 new jobs?! The rule of thumb here is every time you want to give something away for nothing you mention how many jobs it will create. Just make up a figure, preferably one with lots of zeros. As you know only too well Conor, 39 of the 46 treasury management firms out of the over 400 located at the IFSC that Jim Stewart surveyed in 2008 reported no fixed assets and had a median employment of zero.

That Dolmen Security brochure is stomach churning though. I thought gambling was frowned upon. But reading through all the warnings it is perfectly clear that it’s designed for people who have money to lose.

Of course, those who put it together would say its just a matter of calculating risk, and hedging accordingly.

But what are risks attached to the Bond?

A European wide recovery may result in the Euro strengthening significantly against the Indian Rupee.

So, the instability and political stupidity causes further disintegration of the Euro reducing the living standards and prospects of ordinary working people across Europe but for these guys its the golden years.

Not quite sure they are looking for a success story. Nothing that would be considered a success from an Irish point of view anyway.

In the same vein, I think NamaWineLake is representative of a particular section of Ireland who revel in the destruction that the IMF will wreak on the populace because they feel that other sections of society have enjoyed too much shelter and are overpaid.